Post by Firestick Frank on Oct 30, 2023 16:01:48 GMT
Heartbreaking to see a professional sportsman killed in a freak accident during a game in which 8,000 people attended.
Thoughts are with the player's family and friends, the Nottingham Panthers community and also everybody connected with their opponents Sheffield Steelers - their player must feel absolutely awful.
For anybody who doesn't know, Johnson was playing for the Panthers against the Steelers on Saturday when he collided with a Steelers player who was upended and whose skate blade catastrophically sliced Johnson's throat. Eye-witnesses said they'd never seen such a huge amount of blood at a sporting event. The game was immediately abandoned.
A number of other UK hockey games were postponed yesterday as a mark of respect.
Oxford City Stars, who former footballer Petr Cech is registered to play for, have announced an immediate clause that all of their players and rink-side staff must wear mandatory neck guards in the wake of the fatal accident. They are calling on other clubs to adopt the policy too. I'll be honest, I'm surprised this hasn't been mandated previously by the sport's governing bodies - it can be a dangerous sport.
Thoughts are with the player's family and friends, the Nottingham Panthers community and also everybody connected with their opponents Sheffield Steelers - their player must feel absolutely awful.
For anybody who doesn't know, Johnson was playing for the Panthers against the Steelers on Saturday when he collided with a Steelers player who was upended and whose skate blade catastrophically sliced Johnson's throat. Eye-witnesses said they'd never seen such a huge amount of blood at a sporting event. The game was immediately abandoned.
A number of other UK hockey games were postponed yesterday as a mark of respect.
Oxford City Stars, who former footballer Petr Cech is registered to play for, have announced an immediate clause that all of their players and rink-side staff must wear mandatory neck guards in the wake of the fatal accident. They are calling on other clubs to adopt the policy too. I'll be honest, I'm surprised this hasn't been mandated previously by the sport's governing bodies - it can be a dangerous sport.
